Non-refillable bottle.



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NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

` APPLICATION FILED HAY 6, 1910.

Patented 001'. 4, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

JOHN T. BLUFF, OF BUTTE, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK F.HAYES, OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 4, 1910.

Application filed May e, 191e. serial No. 559,722.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. BLUFF, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Butte, in the county of Silverbow and State of Montana, havemade certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and it consists in thecombinations, constructions and arrangements herein described andclaimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a device which is cast entirelyof glass and which is so cast that after being once corked it is almostimpossible to extract the cork so as to refill the bottle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a non-refillable bottlewhich, on account of the absence of moving parts, valves, etc., may becheaply manufactured and is never subject to the danger of movable partsgetting out of order and defeating the purpose of the device.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel` features of the device will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the device showing thecork in its normal position, Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showingthe cork in its position of clisuse, Fig. 3 is a section along the line3 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a section along the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5is a section along the line 55 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrow, Fig. 6 is a alan view of the upper end of the bottle, an Fig.7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, showing a modified form.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a bottle having a main bodyportion 1 and a tapering neck 2. The upper part of the bottle isprovided with inwardly projecting flanges 3. Below the fianges 3 is aseries of inwardly projecting longitudinal anges 4:, 5, 6 and 7. Theseflanges are cast integral with the bottle and are provided on theirinner edges with a series of downwardly inclined points or teeth 8.These points are, preferably, of a conical shape. Between adjacentflanges, such as 4 and 5, or 5 and 6, are spaces 9, these spacesbecoming narrower at the top of the bottle as the bottle tapers.

At the bottoms of the longitudinal flanges is an integral spider, orcross 10. The purpose of this cross will be explained later.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood.

The bottle is filled in the ordinary manner by pouring the liquidthrough the opening 11. A cork 12 is now inserted through the opening.The size of this cork is such that it has to be forced through betweenthe flanges 3. It is pushed clear in and when inside of the neck itexpands so that its upper edge engages the under side of the flanges 3,-which will prevent the cork from being withdrawn from the bottle.Moreover, the downwardly inclined teeth 8 will bite into the cork if anyattempt is made to withdraw it, and will prevent its withdrawal.

It is intended that the cork will remain in the position shown in Fig. 1until the liquid in the bottle is to be used. The cork 12 is then pushedinwardly until its bottom engages the spider 10, which will prevent afurther movement of the cork. Now when the bottle is tipped the liquidwill run out between the inwardly projecting flanges, t, 5, 6 and 7through the spaces 9 around the cork 12 and through the opening 11. Anyattempt to remove the cork 12 for subsequent filling of the bottle, orrecorking, will be prevented-by the teeth 8. Moreover, if any oneattempts to dig the cork out the teeth will prevent all of the cork frombeing removed and particles of the cork will fall into the main part ofthe bottle from whence it will be almost impossible to dislodge themwithout a good deal of trouble.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified form in which the flanges 3 arereplaced by a single annular flange 3X, which engages the top of thecork when the latter is forced into the neck.

It will be seen from the above description that I have provided a devicewhich consists entirely of glass and the ordinary cork. Therev are nomoving parts to get out of order and the device will effectively preventthe refilling of the bottle and its consequent sale as an originalpackage.

I claim 1. A bottle, provided with a tapering neck, an inwardlyprojecting flange at the' top of the bottle, a series of inwardlyprojecting longitudinal flanges spaced from each other, a plurality ofdownwardly inclined teeth carried by said flanges, and an integral stopmember at the bottoms of the inwardly projecting flanges.

2. A bottle provided with a tapering neck, an inwardly projecting flangeat the top of the bottle, a series of inwardly projecting longitudinalflanges spaced from each other, a plurality of downwardly inclined teethcarried by said flanges, said teeth being also inclined inwardly andadapted to engage a cork for preventing the withdrawal of the latter,and a stop member extending between the flanges for limiting thedownward movement of the cork', the spaces between adjacent longitudinalflanges communicating with the interior of the bottle neck when the corkis in its lowest position.

3. A bottle provided with a tapering neck, a series of inwardlyprojecting flanges at the top of the bottle, a series of inwardlyprojecting longitudinal flanges spaced from each other, each of saidlongitudinal flanges being beneath one of said series of inwardlyprojecting flanges, a plurality of downwardly inclined teeth carried bysaid longitudinal flanges, said teeth being also 1nclined inwardly andadapted to engage a cork for preventing the withdrawal of. the latter,and an integral spider connecting the bottoms of said flanges andconstituting a stop member for limiting the downward movement of thecork.

JOHN T. BLUFF. Witnesses:

L. A. STANLEY, SoLoN C. KEMON.

